diff --git a/srcpkgs/kservice/template b/srcpkgs/kservice/template
index 4b0b050b9f2..b1bb81bcd07 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kservice/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kservice/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF"
 hostmakedepends="extra-cmake-modules flex bison"
-makedepends="kconfig-devel kcrash-devel kdbusaddons-devel ki18n-devel kdoctools-devel"
+makedepends="kconfig-devel kcrash-devel kdbusaddons-devel ki18n-devel"
 short_desc="KDE Plugin framework for desktop services"
 maintainer="Denis Revin <denis.revin@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2"
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ homepage="https://projects.kde.org/projects/frameworks/kservice"
 distfiles="http://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=8796ff345f09ac422abbc752b441ceee2f6113a591e68e7c10e4a2cad9838010
 
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-host-tools qt5-devel"
+	# The build scripts try to run the target's /usr/bin/meinproc5
+	# which is why kdoctools(-devel) is not used when cross compiling.
+	# TODO: find a way to enforce cmake to use the host's /usr/bin/meinproc5 instead
+else
+	makedepends+=" kdoctools-devel"
+fi
+
 kservice-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development"
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"